Mel Brooks Commentary

from The Hard Truth by D.M. Franklin Kane

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Don't offer no apologies
Don't offer no defense
You should've kept your cool
I guess the need was too intense
Don't ever feel a fool
To work while others sleep

Just know that you're not Santa Claus
Just know that you're not Santa 

Diving in, you lost yourself
It wasn't yours to keep
In trying to etch out a place you came off as a creep
But you can show your face
Though you've lost your season pass

You thought that you were Santa Claus
You thought that you were Santa

You once sought wisdom but now you're weary of pursuit
Then it simply falls at your feet
You lived for it once, now it seems so scary

Mel Brooks Commentary shouldn't be the hook
Mel Brooks Commentary shouldn't be the hook

Living started late for you
There was no beaten path
It all was adding up
But you were never good at math
Nor ever fast enough
To keep the common pace

You thought there was a Santa Claus
You thought there was a Santa

You once sought wisdom but now you're weary of pursuit
Then it simply falls at your feet
You lived for it once, now it seems so scary

Mel Brooks Commentary shouldn't be the hook
Mel Brooks Commentary shouldn't be the hook

Well, keep my comments out of this
Though I'm speaking simple truth
There's no substitute for your own youth
So, you blew it, boy
Get through your little curse
Take it from a Jew, it could be worse

I miss my mother, too
John Candy, Dom
The lion on the sign
There's not much we can do but keep writing
while there's time

How did I get into your head?
Why did you seek me out?
How did I get from space to his mess you whine about?
We're both a basket case
So, just drop another name

Mel Brooks Commentary shouldn't be the hook
Mel Brooks Commentary shouldn't be the hook

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from The Hard Truth, track released March 4, 2014
© 2014 D.M. Malboeuf (502 Tunes / ASCAP)

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D.M. Franklin Kane Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"Up, Alive!" is the latest collection of songs from North Carolina's D.M. Franklin Kane.

This is Kane's first full-length release since 2014's "The Hard Truth."

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